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Miami Student Speaks Out after Body-Slammed by School Cop

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Screenshot: Local 10 News

A Miami-Dade Schools student and her mother are speaking out against a security officer whom they say took things wayyy too far after breaking up a fight.

Miami Edison Senior High School officers responded to the football field following a game Wednesday after receiving a report of a fight near the locker rooms, per Local 10 News. Ikeria Tate, 15, was captured on bystander video in a scuffle with an officer.

In the video, obtained by Local 10, the officer swings the girl in the air and slams her hard on the ground on her back. When she tries to get up, the officer is seen grabbing her by her braids in an attempt to detain her. The girl’s arms flailed about as she tried to free herself from the officer’s grip. The video ends when another officer and other bystanders surround the two.

An arrest report says Ikeria was not part of the initial fight that…

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